The question mark over India’s participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy, to be hosted by Pakistan, casts a shadow over the entire cricket discourse. The two neighboring nations have a pretty complex political history, and the last time India visited Pakistan was in 2008. With the PCB hell-bent on hosting the entire tournament in its […]

The batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has had on-field rivalries with several legendary bowlers like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Muttiah Muralitharan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar to name a few. However, his on-field rivalry with former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was also one of the talking points. However, everyone knows about Saqlain’s doosra to […]

Pakistan faced a rather forgetful 63-run defeat to England in the third T20I of the seven-match series in Karachi on Friday. After being put into bat, England posted a huge score of 221/3 in 20 overs, thanks to brilliant knocks of Will Jacks (40 off 22 balls), Ben Duckett (70* off 42 balls) and Harry […]

Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq has shared his gratitude to Australia as they will tour the nation next month. The former off-spinner urged other teams to follow them as well. Australia will tour for an all-format tour of Pakistan after Cricket Australia finalised the tour. It will be their first visit to the sub-continent nation […]

Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has compared Pakistan captain Babar Azam and India captain Virat Kohli. However, they often been compared to each other due to the similarity in technique, appetite for runs, and their captaincy while leading their respective national sides. Mushtaq stated that Babar Azam is calm on the field as compared to […]

Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has heaped praises on Virender Sehwag for injecting the attacking style of batsmanship in the Indian cricketing horizon. Sehwag always played his cricket in his own fashion and changed the way of opening in Test cricket. Many criticized Sehwag for his aggressive and rash style of batting but it brought […]

On Friday, Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq expressed that according to him batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar’s second-innings century in Chennai Test in 1999 was a better knock as compared to Virender Sehwag’s triple hundred in Multan. Saqlain was part of Pakistan’s squad on both the occasion and he considers Tendulkar’s 136-run knock in Chennai Test […]

Legendary Pakistan spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq has rated Ravichandran Ashwin as the most dangerous bowler in Indian conditions. Saqlain also rated Australia’s Nathan Lyon as one of the best in the business. He also went on to praise Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. During a chat with Cricket Pakistan, Mushtaq said, “Australian spinner Nathan Lyon is […]

The legendary Pakistan spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq couldn’t digest that a proven performer like Ravichandran Ashwin has been kept out of India’s limited-overs set-up. Mushtaq feels that a successful Test bowler can always do well in the shorter formats. Ashwin, a regular in the IPL, has been kept out of the shorter formats since July 2017.  […]

Recalling his earlier battles with Sachin Tendulkar, Former Pakistani off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq reveals an incident during the Sahara Cup in Canada after which off-spinner decided to never sledge Sachin Tendulkar. Speaking on the same, Saqlain Mushtaq said, “I was new when I sledged him for the first time. If I recall correctly, it was the […]